Detailed data

Whole country

Situation as of 16 Oct 2026

As of 16 Oct 2026, the DRC has recorded 9,415 confirmed cases and 4,536 deaths since the start of the outbreak, a case fatality rate of 48.2%. Cases are spread across 66 health zones in 8 provinces.

Ituri is the most affected province, with 73.2% of the country's confirmed cases. The outbreak started there: officially notified on 8 May 2026, declared on 15 May. Latest case reported on 16 Oct 2026.

Confirmed cases
9,415
+67 (24h)
Deaths
4,536
+26 (24h)
Fatality rate
48.2%
deaths / confirmed cases
Recovered
2,522
+15 (24h)
Patients in isolation
916
in treatment centres
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New cases

bars: new cases per day · line: cumulative
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New deaths

bars: new deaths per day · line: cumulative

Place of death

in the community or in a treatment centre

This chart shows where patients die: at home or in a treatment centre. A person who dies at home has not been treated, and may have infected their family until the end.

Weekly share of confirmed deaths that occurred in the community rather than in a treatment centre, nationwide or in one of the three hardest-hit provinces. The dotted line marks the average over the weeks covered: that is the result, not the dips and bumps. Bulletins only distinguish the two places since 13 July.

Method and sources

Sources: INSP situation reports, read bulletin by bulletin. The form of these figures has changed with each editorial period; a bulletin whose wording could not be read leaves an empty day rather than a guessed value. Alerts and laboratory figures are aggregated by week, Monday to Sunday, the current week appearing only once complete. No figure is recalculated in place of the source, except occupancy when the bulletin gives patients and beds without the rate.

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Where

by province and by health zone

By province

ProvinceCumulative casesShare of countryNew cases, 24 hNew cases, 30 daysCumulative deathsNew deaths, 24 hFatality rateZones affected
Ituri6,89173.2%+443,180+1646.1%28 / 36
Nord-Kivu2,02721.5%+141,150+456.7%17 / 34
Haut-Uélé4064.3%+7174+542.9%7 / 13
Tshopo710.8%025035.2%7 / 23
Bas-Uélé130.1%04030.8%4 / 11
Sud-Kivu30.0%01033.3%1 / 34
Sud-Ubangi20.0%01050.0%1 / 16
Nord-Ubangi20.0%+21+150.0%1 / 11

How these figures are read and checked →

New cases by province

By health zone

66 health zones affected out of 178 · SitRep N°155 of 16 Oct

A province's total can differ from the sum of its health zones: the bulletins count cases and deaths not yet assigned to a zone separately. The site leaves them where the source puts them.

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The response

figures from the last 7 reports

The response means all the actions taken to stop the outbreak: finding patients, testing and treating them, following up the people they were in contact with, and vaccinating those most at risk.

Report21,603Alerts received (last 7 bulletins)3,366 validated as suspected casesTest15.7%Test positivity (last 7 bulletins)493 positive out of 3,149 samplesTrace79.4%Contacts seen (last 7 bulletins)169,671 seen out of 213,759 to followTreat36Patients per 100 beds442 hospitalised for 1,220 bedsProtect8,073People vaccinated

The full response, province by province →

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Obstacles that appear in every bulletin

one cell per week, shaded by the share of bulletins citing the obstacle
MayJunJulAugSepOct
01Patients who refuse isolation, families who refuse decontamination
02Saturated treatment centres
03What is missing: drugs, supplies, blood, food
04Complex reporting of information
05Contacts lost to follow-up
06Insecurity, which creates access problems
07Teams and health workers attacked
08Risky burials and bodies not swabbed
09Workers paid late or not paid
10Control points that do not control
share of the week's bulletins: none, under half, most, all

Challenges →

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Timeline

  1. The virus is already circulating, unseen

    Reconstructed after the fact from sequenced genomes, the common ancestor of the sampled viruses dates back to late February, between mid-January and late March. The outbreak therefore ran for nearly three months before it was declared.

  2. First suspected cases

    Cases of unexplained haemorrhagic fever are detected in Ituri province. Samples are sent for analysis.

  3. First situation report

    The first INSP SitRep devoted to this outbreak is published: it records 8 confirmed cases and 4 deaths.

  4. Laboratory confirmation and outbreak declaration

    Testing confirms Ebola virus, Bundibugyo species. The authorities officially declare the 17th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

  5. First case in Uganda

    Uganda confirms two cases imported from the DRC, on 15 and 16 May, in Kampala; one of the two patients dies. The first, a 59-year-old man from the DRC, had first sought care in Hoima District. Source: WHO, weekly report no. 1.

  6. Public health emergency of international concern

    The WHO Director-General determines that the outbreak, in the DRC and Uganda, constitutes a public health emergency of international concern, the highest level of alert under the International Health Regulations. Source: WHO, weekly report no. 1.

  7. Public health emergency of national concern

    The DRC declares a public health emergency at national level and activates its response: treatment centres, contact tracing, border screening points.

  8. Public health emergency of continental security

    The emergency is extended to continental level, opening the way to a regionally coordinated response.

  9. The outbreak reaches Nord-Kivu

    The province enters the bulletin table with three confirmed cases. The two previous reports do not mention it; the 18 May bulletin is missing from the archive, so this date is a lower bound.

  10. The outbreak reaches Sud-Kivu

    “A newly affected province (Sud-Kivu), through Miti-Murhesa health zone”, the day's bulletin announces. The province will not go beyond three cases.

The full timeline →